BROKER WILLS & CO OPENS FIRE ON FSA’S REGULATORY CRACKDOWN January 18, 2010 WHEREAS most City firms are content to whinge ineffectually about the Financial Services Authority’s new heavy-handed approach to regulation, it seems that others are starting to put their money where their mouth is. Rumours have been busy swirling in the Square Mile over the regulatory status of private client stockbroker Wills & Co, which can [...]
How a wedding-phobic divorcee came to fall in love with marriage January 13, 2010 COMMITTED BY ELIZABETH GILBERT Bloomsbury, £12.99 ELIZABETH GILBERT shot to fame with her memoir Eat, Pray, Love – it was such a hit that a film version starring Julia Roberts is set for release later this year. At the end of that tale of recovery following a grisly, heart-rending divorce and a long period of [...]
Robert Hanson takes on chairmanship at Strand October 14, 2009 ROBERT Hanson, son of the renowned late industrialist Lord Hanson, has agreed to become chairman of investment banking boutique Strand Partners, in which he has taken a 10 per cent stake. Strand Partners has now been renamed Strand Hanson to mark the involvement of Hanson, who set up investment firm Hanson Capital after resigning from [...]
Robert Hanson takes on chairmanship at Strand October 14, 2009 ROBERT Hanson, son of the renowned late industrialist Lord Hanson, has agreed to become chairman of investment banking boutique Strand Partners, in which he has taken a 10 per cent stake. Strand Partners has now been renamed Strand Hanson to mark the involvement of Hanson, who set up investment firm Hanson Capital after resigning from [...]
KRAFT November 9, 2009 KRAFT has enlisted a syndicate of banks to agree to a £5.5bn credit facility to finance the cash portion of its bid and go towards paying down some of Cadbury’s debt, should the bid succeed. Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities and HSBC Securities served as joint bookrunners, while Citibank and Deutsche Bank Cayman Islands [...]
WILL THIS CASE ENCOURAGE MORE APPEALS AGAINST THE FSA? October 7, 2009 SIMON MORRIS CMS CAMERON MCKENNA“This case shows that in nine times out of ten the FSA can spot market abuse from a distance of a hundred yards – here we have the one-in-ten case. Firms and individuals should always scrutinise the FSA’s market abuse allegations, calling in market evidence to rein in its wilder claims.”HARRIET [...]
WILL THIS CASE ENCOURAGE MORE APPEALS AGAINST THE FSA? October 7, 2009 SIMON MORRIS CMS CAMERON MCKENNA“This case shows that in nine times out of ten the FSA can spot market abuse from a distance of a hundred yards – here we have the one-in-ten case. Firms and individuals should always scrutinise the FSA’s market abuse allegations, calling in market evidence to rein in its wilder claims.”HARRIET [...]
Casey has comeback win in his sights October 26, 2009 PAUL CASEY has vowed to reclaim the European Tour top spot when he returns to action for the first time since July this week. The Englishman hasn’t played since suffering a rib injury in the Open Championship at Turnberry and has slipped from first to fourth on the money list as a result. But the [...]
Grainger asks for more cash November 5, 2009 GRAINGER joined its property peers yesterday by announcing it will raise £250m in a rights issue to boost its ability to snap up acquisition opportunities. The group, which said it had swung to a £3m pre-tax loss in the year to 30 September, compared to £12m profits the year before, said it will issue 277m [...]
What to read this Christmas December 16, 2009 Thrillers THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST BY STIEG LARSSON Maclehose, £18.99 The third and final novel in the late Swedish crime writer’s hugely popular Millennium Trilogy – all three books have been published posthumously. Computer hacker and investigator Lisbeth Salander’s third outing is no less electrifying than the previous two, as she tries [...]